Nearly one hundred Customs workers in Holguin, including specialists, canine unit assistants, and other officers, gathered at the Frank País García International Airport. To reinforce anti-drug control efforts at the borders.
This action coincides with National Anti-Drug Week. Aimed at increasing risk awareness, prevention, and combating this global scourge. One of the rooms used for radiological screening of passengers and luggage was used to provide a detailed explanation of the seizure and confiscation of harmful substances and narcotics during the year. As well as other similar items.
Speakers on the risks and consequences of drug use included Yoiset Alcolea Montoya, Head of Mental Health at the Julio Grave de Peralta Polyclinic. Fernando Sera Planas, Prosecutor of the Provincial Department of Criminal Proceedings for Drug Offenses. Ivan Fundora Ochoa, head of the Specialized Anti-Drug Enforcement Unit of Holguin province, was also present.
Carmen Gertrudys Bejarano Tamayo, provincial director of Justice and coordinator of the Provincial Drug Subgroup. And Yolanda Piñeiro Ramírez, head of Customs in Holguin, were also in attendance.
Other topics discussed during the day focused on the consequences of drugs. Also their effects and damage to health, addressing the dangers they pose to life and society as a whole.
Moreover the family was highlighted as the fundamental unit of society, and its importance in prevention was emphasized to mitigate the effects of this dangerous scourge.
Other discussions centered on the impact of synthetic drugs. Which are very fashionable these days, a phenomenon that specialists and authorities describe as very dangerous. “These are very potent, highly addictive, and generate a significant level of pollution,” explained some of the customs officers participating in the discussion, most of whom were young.
Among the persuasive actions are neighborhood debates, talks, and demonstrations on dependence on prohibited substances.
Other activities involve socio-educational interventions in schools. Monitoring and oversight of the storage of medications and other substances, workshops in workplaces, meetings with patients rehabilitated from addiction, and training programs.
In Holguin, political, social, and mass organizations, as well as government structures, are working together. Primarily to increase protective factors and thus contribute to greater family involvement in the education and protection of their children against drugs.
With the arrival of a flight from Canada, via WestJet, the tenth operation of drug prevention and control measures began in Holguin, aiming for zero tolerance.
By: Yoandris Cedeño Fonseca
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